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What type of psychology did Karen Horney
study?
Psychoanalytic Social Psychology TERM 2
What is Womb Envy?
DEFINITION 2 This is where men are jealous that women can nurture life inside them Men overcompensate through work productivity (workaholic) TERM 3
Penis Envy and Womb Envy are
complementary...
DEFINITION 3 It is the attraction and jealousy of the opposite sex TERM 4
Does Karen Horney believe that aggression is
innate?
DEFINITION 4 No, she believed that we learn it over time It is not hard- wired into our system TERM 5
What is Basic Anxiety?
DEFINITION 5 It is the feeling a child has of being isolated and helpless in a potentially hostile world This is learned, not innate Negative aspects of the environment re threatening Wanted bassic anxiety to be minimized
What type of parenting style did Karen
Horney recommend?
She recommended that parents use an Authoritative parenting style TERM 7
What is an Authoritative Parenting Style?
DEFINITION 7 It means that the parents set the appropriate limits, but are still nurturing and supportive to the child TERM 8
What are the steps in the 5 Rational Emotive
Therapy?
DEFINITION 8 1 - Activating Event 2 - Beliefs and Self-Talk 3 - Emotional Conceptions 4 - Disputes - Counter Thoughts 5 - New Feelings TERM 9
What type of psychology did Gordon Allport
study?
DEFINITION 9 Dispositional Trait Theory TERM 10
What did Gordon Allport emphasize?
DEFINITION 10 He emphasized conscious motivation He bleieved that we are in "the driver's seat"
*** What are Secondary Dispositions?
They are Situational Specific Usually large in number Example - normaly easy - going but can be dominantn or in control if you need to be TERM 17
What was Allport's debate with Walter
Mischel?
DEFINITION 17 It was regarding the cross - situational consistency of behavior TERM 18
*** Attitudes and ____ are also important
DEFINITION 18 Intentions TERM 19
What is the Proprium?
DEFINITION 19 It consists of the various Self - Functions or Ego - Functions. Also known as the the Propriate Functions It facilitates and motivates behavior It is NOT innate, it develops over time Emphasis is on Forward Movement TERM 20
Proprium Birth - 3 years
DEFINITION 20 Sense of bodily self Continuing self identity Self - esteem Pride
Proprium 4 - 6 years
Extension of self More refined self - image TERM 22
Proprium 6 - 12 years
DEFINITION 22 Greater self - awareness Coping by means by reason and thought TERM 23
Proprium Adolescence
DEFINITION 23 Intentions Long - Range Purposes Distant Goals "Propriate Strivings" TERM 24
What is Functional Autonomy?
DEFINITION 24 An activity or behavior that may become an end or goal in itself, despite the fact that it was originally engaged in for some other reason Example - fishing - you don't need to fish because you can just buy it, but some people still fish TERM 25
What is Preservative Functional Autonomy?
DEFINITION 25 Addictions Circular Mechanisms (partial reinforcements; delayed extinction)
What are the ABAB Phases?
A - Baseline B - Intervention 1 (until criterion or significant trend) A - Return to baseline B - Re - introduce the intervention TERM 32
What type of psychology did Henry Murray
study?
DEFINITION 32 Personology TERM 33
What is some background information on
Henry Murray?
DEFINITION 33 Motivational Concepts (needs, ability, achievement) Had a PhD in Biochemistry Met Carl Jung (late 1920's), and became interested in Psychology TERM 34
What is a Proceeding?
DEFINITION 34 A behavioral sequence May be external (interacting with people) or internal (daydreaming, problem solving) TERM 35
What is a Serial?
DEFINITION 35 An intermittent succession of proceedings A relatively long functional unit Examples - friendship, marriage, career
What is a Serial Program?
A series of subgoals, linked together over time, that culminates in the completion of a larger, desired goal Example - complete high school - complete college - complete medical school - become a doctor/physician TERM 37
What is a Need?
DEFINITION 37 A force in the brain that motivates us to transform an existing, unsatisfying state into a satisfying state Satisfying a need is always accompanied by an emotion TERM 38
What are some examples of Murray's list of
20 need?
DEFINITION 38 Autonomy Achievement Affiliation Order Play Harm Avoidance Nurturance - to give help to others Succrance - to seek help from others Infavoidance - to guard against embarrassment TERM 39
What are the 3 types of Needs?
DEFINITION 39 Primary (Viserogenic) VS Secondary (Psychogenic) Overt (Manifest) VS Covert (Latent) Proactive VS Reactive TERM 40
What is Prepotency?
DEFINITION 40 When 2 needs are aroused simultaneously The more physiologically demanding need is satisfied first
Who created the Thematic Apperception Test
(TAT)? When?
Morgan and Murray (1935) It is a widely used projective test
